120 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



From Sir W. Jardine we learn that the Crested Titmouse 

 annually breeds in some plantations near Glasgow : this locality 

 may belong to province XVI. and subprovince 32, instead of 

 XIII. and 27 as entered above. 



The Rev. George Gordon tells me that it breeds at Abernethy, 

 on the Spey ; and Mr. Dunbar describes it as plentiful in the 

 woods of Castle Grant, in Inverness-shire; Montagu had already 

 seen it from the forest of Glenmoor, — all three localities being 

 situated close together on the confines of the counties of Inver- 

 ness, Elgin, and perhaps extending to Aberdeenshire and Banff. 

 Further north the bird has been seen on the Findhorn, and it 

 nests regularly in Ross-shire [Mr. W. Dunbar). 



Yarrell mentions that the Crested Titmouse has been seen in 

 the Pass of Killiekrankie ; and Macgillivray notices a specimen 

 killed in Argyleshire. 



Parus ater {Linn.). Coal-Titmouse. 

 Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

 Lat. 50°-59°. " British " type, or general. 



Mr. Dunbar finds the nest as far north as Sutherland. The 

 late Mr. St. John also noticed the bird in the same county ; and 

 Macgillivray describes it as plentiful in the pine-forests of the 

 north of Scotland. 



Parus palustris {Linn.). Marsh-Titmouse. 



Provinces I.-XII. XIV. XV. 



Subprovinces 1-25, 28, 29, 30. 



Lat. 50=-58°. '' English " type, or Southern. 



Throughout England and Wales, becoming scarce in Scotland, 

 where it is mostly found in the Lothians. Nests regularly in 

 Haddington {Mr. A. Hepburn), regularly in Linlithgow {Mr. 

 T. D. Weir), and occasionally in several other counties of sub- 

 province 28. The Marsh-Titmouse extends to Fifeshire, ac- 

 cording to Macgillivray, and breeds in Perthshire {Mr. A. 

 Pullar and Mr. J. Lamb), occasionally in Aberdeenshire {Mr. 

 T. Edward), and even as far north as Inverness {Mr. TV. Dun- 

 bar). This bird can hardly be supposed wanting in subpro- 



